Spirit of the South; Or, Persecution in the Name of the Law, as Administered in Virginia. Related by Some Victims Thereof. Also Its Effects Upon the N

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869. Excerpt: ... family, and myself. Whilst waiting there together, Mrs. Tibbets assumed a position, different to that in which she had been sitting, that arrested my attention: it was somewhat peculiar; and she commenced a magical discourse, --the word enchantment would express my idea better than magical,--corresponding exactly with the matter of the manuscript read to me by Mr. Leach. I had never witnessed any thing that is called Spiritualism, and had always avoided it, and advised my family to do so. I Don't Think This Was Like It. At several times after that I again witnessed it, and it always possessed the same characteristic, that of the Arabian Nights' Entertainment. The whole matter is like a dream to me, and my name was mixed up with it, and the name of violet was also mixed up with it. The effect it had upon me was like that produced upon me by the Arabian Nights' Entertainment when I was seven years old. I was carried away by her fascination. I never heard of Mr. Tibbets until I was in Fredericksburg, nor his wife or family. I think I was at Tibbets's house nearly every day, and witnessed this same thing several times: and in a carriage ride to Port Royal, Mr. and Mrs. Tibbets accompanied me. In reference to this, it is clear that the old man Platt does not understand, as to its philosophy, what he is speaking and swearing about: he is somewhat, in this respect, in the predicament of Horatio to whom Hamlet said There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. He had never witnessed, that is old Platt never had, any thing that is called Spiritualism, and yet he says, / don't think this was like it. He offers an opinion on oath as a well-informed man, of what he admits he knows nothing about. Why, how should he, ...